Eritrea: 20 Years Of Independence, But Still No Freedom
- Author:
- Amnesty International
- Publisher:
- Amnesty International
- Publication Date:
- 8 May 2013
- Tags:
- Eritrea, Governance, Human Rights, International Organizations and Africa
On 24 May 1993, the state of Eritrea was formally recognised as an independent nation. A UN-supervised referendum had confirmed the country's separation from Ethiopia, against which Eritrea had fought a 30-year war of liberation. Twenty years on from the euphoric celebrations and promise of independence, thousands of prisoners of conscience and political prisoners are held in arbitrary detention in Eritrea's prisons, without charge or trial, for exercising their right to freedom of opinion and expression or of thought, conscience or religion or belief, or for attempting to flee the repression in their country.
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- Activist Fights to Free Family From Sentence Without Trial
- Scenarios for Future Transition
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